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Episode 7 - Coaching, Parenting, and the Dance with Self-Worth
Tony and Dan discuss how effective coaching and leadership validate the quality of outcomes with objective evidence rather than a person’s worth, warning that when someone is asking for validation they may not get maximum benefit. They frame “gut feel” as experience-based pattern recognition and connect behavior shaping to reinforcement learning, noting humans seek different reinforcers than animals (money, promotion, self-worth, gratitude). A story about quiet orphanages illustrates how unmet needs can teach babies that crying is useless, leading to reactive attachment disorder and later…
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